#4 Ring Post Figure Four Leglock:
The standard Figure Four Leglock is one of the most prevailing submission holds inside a wrestling ring. Innovated by Buddy Rogers, popularised by Ric Flair and executed by a slew of performers thereafter, this hold is incredibly agonising to the shin and knee of the receiving person.
Grabbing a ring rope or twitching one’s upright body for surplus leverage while the victim squirmed in pain, this heel leaning hold had driven many a performer to frantically tap the mat and bring an end to the horror.
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Brutal as it may be, the counter to this move is a simple overturning of both performers’ positions onto their stomachs. The reversal, however, is implausible when the move is performed around a steel ring post.
The attacker wrapped the opponent’s legs around the post in the figure-four position, hung upside down so that their head and shoulders rested on the floor, and used not only the post as leverage but also his suspended body as added weight on the opponent’s leg.
Modified by Bret Hart, this variation was similarly, if not more lethal. Only, in this case, the arrested performer had to fall back on the ring ropes or the referee or outside interference in order to release the hurt.
Due to these reasons, a win by submission was rare though the damage was debilitating, penetrating and permanent.
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